Friday, January 23, 2026

Context

Stories in the Context section are not fakes. We publish them in order to provide greater insight for our readers about the techniques, methods and practices used by the Russian government in its information war. They appear on our site with the permission of their original publisher and reflect the views of the authors and not necessarily the position of StopFake’s editorial board.

Putin’s Information Warfare in Ukraine: Soviet Origins of Russia’s Hybrid Warfare

Russia has been using an advanced form of hybrid warfare in Ukraine since early 2014 that relies heavily on an element of information warfare...

Bellingcat Published Report on Russian Military Crossing the Border of Ukraine

International investigative group Bellingcat published a report on Russian military crossing the Ukrainian border. As Bellingcat states, the current state of the conflict in...

Russia in ‘Information War’ with West to Win Hearts and Minds

The crisis in Ukraine has unleashed what some see as a new bout of information warfare between Russia and the West. For nearly a decade,...

EU Splits in Russian Media War

Even as the EU mobilizes to fight Russian propaganda, European governments are fighting each other over the best way to go about it. A new...

Putin’s Propaganda TV Lies About Its Popularity

Leaked documents from a rival Russian news network show that RT hugely exaggerates its global viewership. Its most-watched segments are on ‘metrosexuals, bums,’ and...

Russian ‘Infoprom’ New Threat for Georgia and the EU

Linas Linkevicius, the Foreign Minister of Lithuania, has published an article on euobserver.com concerning Russia’s informational propaganda in Europe and the possible threats. The publication...

Russian Court Fines Google for ‘Reading Private Correspondence’ on Gmail

UPD: The Moscow city court on September 16 ruled to forbid Google reading Anton Burkov's email. Moscow city court has decreed that Google is to...

Russian Politicians Building an International Extreme Right Alliance

The driving force behind the movement is the St. Petersburg branch of the extreme right Rodina (Motherland) and the Russian Imperial Movement. Rodina was...

Dekoder – German language Internet site for top notch Russian journalism

There are new possibilities for people who read German and want to inform themselves about what's going on in Russia. Dekoder.org offers translations of...

Swedish Chief Prosecutor Denies Writing Letter about War Crimes Committed in Ukraine

On September 4-5, several news media falsely reported that Swedish authorities would classify as secret any information about alleged war crimes committed by the...